Straubing Spiders

Straubing Spiders
Founded1984
LeagueGerman Football League
Based inStraubing, Germany
StadiumStädtisches Stadion
ColorsNavy and White
   
Division titlesGFL2 North: 2021
Websitestraubing-spiders.de

The Straubing Spiders are an American football team from Straubing, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2021 when it won the southern division of the German Football League 2 and earned promotion to the German Football League.

History

The Spiders were founded in 1984. In 1987 they finished the Regionalliga Süd a German third tier league in first place and got promoted to the 2. Bundesliga (now "GFL2").[1] From 1988 to 1992 the Spiders were members of 2. Bundesliga. Seven years later to the 1999 season the Spiders reentered the 2. Bundesliga for another four seasons.[1] In 2017 they got promoted to the GFL2 for the third time. The 2021 season the Spiders finished the league in the first place playing a perfect season. In the succeeding promotion round their opponents Stuttgart Scorpions withdrew whereby the Spiders entered the German Football League – the greatest success in the team's history.

Honours

  • GFL
    • Play-off qualification: 2022, 2024
    • League membership: 2022–present
  • GFL2
    • Southern Division champions: 2021

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the Spiders:[2][3][4]

Year League Finish Points Pct. Games W D L PF PA Postseason
2016 Regionalliga Süd
(3rd tier) 		2nd 14–6 0.700 10 7 0 3 317 263 —
2017 1st 20–4 0.833 12 10 0 2 649 362 Won PR: Pforzheim Wilddogs (54–14; 48–0)
2018 GFL2 (South) 3rd 20–8 0.714 14 10 0 4 496 329 —
2019 3rd 18–6 0.750 12 9 0 3 431 182 —
2020 No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 1st 16–0 1.000 8 8 0 0 334 121 Won PR: Stuttgart Scorpions – withdrawal
2022 GFL (South) 4th 12–8 0.600 10 6 0 4 339 307 Lost QF: Potsdam Royals (25–66)
2023 6th 6–18 0.250 12 3 – 9 204 397 —
2024 3rd 14–10 0.583 12 7 – 5 294 238 Lost QF @ Dresden Monarchs (6–35)
  • PR = Promotion round
  • QF = Quarter finals

References

  1. ^ a b "Unsere Geschichte" (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Football History" [Historic American football tables from Germany] (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "GFL". football-aktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ "GFL2". football-aktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.